mining

People have dug mines since prehistoric times. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, during the Stone Age, people dug in the ground to search for flint. Flint is a stone that can be used to make weapons and tools.

The first metal to be mined was copper. The oldest copper mines are in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians dug these mines about 7,000 years ago. By 5,000 years ago, people were also mining tin and combining it…

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